1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 12

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

In this fun activity, your child will learn the difference between facts and opinions. They will design cards for a matching game that they create and play!

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Button art gets your child to make a pretty silhouette out of buttons. Make button art on Valentine's Day and any craft-filled day you'd like.

Does your child have what it takes to be the world's first paper chef?

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Celebrate Independence Day with a bang! Create a dazzling DIY Independence Day Cards and hand them out to friends and family members.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

This reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.